Posted by smeddum on October 17, 2009
European Commission has serious concerns about British economy
October 15, 2009
Globally
Government officials are furious at recent reports from Brussels that the U.K. is seriously in danger of going bust. The reports put Britain on a high risk list of countries that are struggling to keep control of their national debt. The European Commission says that because of the U.K.’s increasing budget deficit they fear that it will not be able to pay for spending it has already committed to. One example given was pensions. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 16, 2009
Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
17th October, 2009
For the (Western) news cycle, what stood out from United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Russia this week was an “appeal for cooperation” and a “challenge” for Russia to open up its political system, embrace “diversity” and shelve Cold War thinking.
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Posted by seumasach on October 16, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar
Asia Times
17th October, 2009
The surprise element was almost completely lacking. The expectation in Delhi for a while has been that sooner or later Beijing would hit out. Verbal affronts from India were becoming a daily occurrence and a nuisance for Being. Not a single day has passed for the past several months when either influential sections of the Indian strategic community or the English-language media, tied by the umbilical cord of financial patronage to the Indian establishment, failed to indulge in some vituperative attack on Chinese policies and conduct towards India.
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Posted by smeddum on October 16, 2009
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009
MSM Reporting as Propaganda (No One Minds Our New Financial Masters Edition)
I’m of two minds about taking up this theme, since stating what ought to be obvious but is nevertheless unpleasant and inconvenient is apt to get one branded as lunatic fringe.
Access journalism has created what is in many respects a controlled press. And that matters because people are far more suggestible than most of us wants to admit to ourselves. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on October 15, 2009
F.William Engdahl
Global Research
15th October, 2009
The latest news report that Russia will sign an agreement with the Bolivian government to explore and produce natural gas is a significant setback for US domination of its traditional Latin American sphere of influence. Since it was declared in 1823 as the Monroe Doctrine, the United States, especially its banking elites have regarded South America as a de facto ‘American plantation.’ The move by Russia’s state-owned Gazprom into Bolivia must be seen as Moscow’s asymmetric geopolitical response to US expansion of NATO to the doorstep of Moscow in recent years. The US is ill-prepared to counter with any economic incentive.
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Posted by smeddum on October 14, 2009
Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euro
By PAUL THARP
October 13, 2009
NY Post
Ben Bernanke’s dollar crisis went into a wider mode yesterday as the greenback was shockingly upstaged by the euro and yen, both of which can lay claim to the world title as the currency favored by central banks as their reserve currency. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 13, 2009
Tokyo to cease support for Western occupation of Afghanistan
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Morning Star
Japan said on Tuesday that it will end its support for the US occupation of Afghanistan and pull its naval ships out of the Arabian Sea in the New Year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on October 13, 2009
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Aljazeera
13/10/2009
Russia’s prime minister, Vladimir Putin, has begun a three-day visit to China overseeing the signing of deals worth $3.5bn between Russian and Chinese companies.
Putin is in the Chinese capital for talks with top officials aimed at strengthening economic and political ties between the two countries.
Officials are still working on the details of a joint energy agreement, worth another $2bn, which they hope will also be signed during Putin’s visit.
The Russian prime minister is due to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao, and hold talks with President Hu Jintao later. Read the rest of this entry » |
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